Despite what people are asking for with 4-3-3- against Boro, we simply don’t have the players to play that formation. You need 3 enginees with plenty of legs to play that way, and we only have holding midfielders on our books.

@Toon_Factor – I’m not saying that’s the team I want him to pick (i’d pick a very different team) but Shearer will not drop Smith and Butt…he’s raved about them too much during the last week.

Like you I’d like to see Coloccini play the holding midfield role because I’ve seen him play it loads for Argentina and Deportivo and he was class every time. Put him in defence and he’s like a fish out of water. Holding midfielder is definitely his role.

3-1 the Toon. Job done, confidence restored. 3 more points agin Fulham and a point at Villa. Then two premiership sides go into administration over the summer and we end up re-classified as coming 14th.

I watched a compilation of Shearer goals on Youtube last night. Big mistake. The likes of Solano, Speed and even gits like Bellamy and Robert on there, banging ’em in against Manure and others with total confidence and skill.

Cheerist, I miss it.

BUT I honestly think that Big Al can get us back there, now that Ashley has relented on daft ideas like DOFs and seems to be waking up to the realities of what’s needed.

A year or two in the fizzies may be needed, but I’m actually more confident now than I have been for a while.

Have you been watching any of our games lately… The two players you left out Viduka and Duff have probably been the best performances by some distance. Carroll can come on when Viduka is tired… Duke is our ONLY player who can hold up the ball. And Duff was exellent at left back.

I also would play Carroll before Viduka, and I would play Lovenkrands befor Martins. In case anyone has forgotten Carroll was the last person to score for us and actually looks more likely too. I think Martins has looked lost in the last few games and doesn’t seem to know what he is doing. Viduka does try and has the bottle to stick his head in the way of free kicks but is to ponderous as an attacking player. I would also like to see Guthrie in the starting lineup.

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